Victoria'S Secret Part 1
You know how long that pool table's been in my basement?
Fifteen years.
My old man brought it home for Mother's Day. On Father's Day she let him back in the house.
What's the name on that?
- Mustafi. - You mean it's not even yours?
No, I borrowed it from a neighbor. Apparently he wasn't aware it was malfunctioning.
Eighty bucks.
To fix that thing? I could buy a new one for that!
Not one like this. This one's got character. Not a common commodity among vacuums.
Oh dear, I appear to be a little, um...
How much?
Sixty dollars.
Thank you kindly.
No, I thank you.
So, you gonna help me bring the pool table up from the basement?
Won't your mother miss her dining room set?
Yeah probably, but it's my house, and if I want a pool table in the dining room, I'm going to put a pool table in the dining room
- How long is she going away for? - A week.
For years she's been saying how she wants to visit her sister in Florida,
how hard it is to be apart. How much she misses her.
As soon as I book the hotel room, she's decided she's not speaking to her.
I think she's just going down there to glare at her.
What's going on?
Nothing. I just thought I, uh,
- I though I saw a woman I used to know. - Thought she needed a vacuum?
No...
I was mistaken.
So, uh, you're going to pay me on Friday, right?
Yeah, sure.
It wasn't her.
Why?
Okay, everybody, in the car, let's go! You don't want to hit the traffic.
Where is my make-up kit? Who took my make-up kit?
I had to strap it to the roof cause it wouldn't fit inside. Come on, let's go!
- Where's Ma? - She's in the front seat.
She's been there for the last half-hour. She can't wait to get down there and not talk to her sister.
Hey, Raimondo! You want to help me with this, or what?
Yeah, why don't you hop on my back and I'll carry you all the way to Florida?
Come on Frannie! Let's go!
- Is Fraser here? - No, he's not here! How many times do I have to tell you?
Because if he is, I'll kill you
- Is she in the driver's seat? - She's coming, Ma!
Oh no. Ma, you're not driving! We're not going 35 all the way to Florida!
Have a great trip.
It's a thing of beauty, isn't it ?
- Do you think the room is large enough? - Hey, if it's a little tight, it just makes the game more interesting.
Would you look at the patina on this thing?
It's one thing my old man knew, was quality in wood.
- I'm not sure we've got it level, Ray. - And, boy, could he play pool.
Dinnertime would come, and Ma would start yelling how the roast would be ruined.
So I'd volunteer to go down to Fanelli's
and I'd sneak in and stand in the corner where he couldn't see me...
WHACK. Three balls off the break...
He starts knockin' 'em down, cross side, cross corner...
and then he double banks the 8-ball.
He was a lousy father...
but boy, could he play pool.
It was the one thing in life he did well.
It's a beautiful table.
- So you're going to be here Friday night, right? - Yeah
All right. Don't forget my money cause I need it to buy a...
I was thinking of getting a deli platter, or maybe um,
maybe some pizzas and beer.
Ah what the heck, I'll get both.
I mean, how many times do you have the guys over, right?
I wouldn't miss it.
Listen, I really should be getting back.
Okay.
Uh, Benny,
- thanks for your help. - No problem.
Oh, I guess I'm not really sure
if I saw her, or I just wanted to see her,
or maybe I saw her because she's the one person I can't face.
Why?
Because of a decision I made.
Come back to haunt you, so to speak.
Yes.
Son, I'm a Catholic from Belfast.
And any good decision there...
is usually wrong.
Each one is impossible.
But you still have to make them and learn to live with it.
And then try to forgive yourself.
She drove the get-away car.
I'm sorry?
She and two men robbed a bank in Alaska.
One of them died, one of them fled south, and she came across the border in a light airplane.
It was forced down because of weather. The pilot abandoned her.
I tracked her into a place called Fortitude Pass.
A storm had been blowing for days
and by the time I found her I'd lost everything: my pack, my supplies.
She was huddled in a crag on the lee side of a mountain,
almost frozen, very near death.
So I...
staked a lean-to with my rifle and draped my coat around it
and I held on to her
while the storm closed in around us.
I kept talking to her to keep her from slipping away.
It snowed for a day and a night
and a day,
and when I couldn't talk anymore I took her fingers,
and I put them in my mouth
to keep them warm.
I don't remember losing consciousness but I...
I do remember being aware that I was dying.
And then I heard her voice...
She was reciting a poem
over and over...
I couldn't make out the words, but I couldn't stop listening.
She had the most beautiful voice...
It was as though...
I had known her forever,
across a thousand lifetimes...
Uh, the storm finally broke and we were alive.
After a day we found my pack, we ate everything
everything I had, In one meal.
And it took us four days to reach the nearest outpost.
We camped that night just outside the town within sight of the church's steeple...
and I held her in my arms...
and she asked me to let her go.
You see...
no one knew that I'd found her.
The police didn't even know her name.
I could just...
let her go
and she could walk away
that night.
You did the right thing. You did your duty. That's all you could have done.
She's the only woman I ever loved. I put her in prison.
Duty is a poor excuse.
Well, she was a criminal. You had no choice but to bring her to justice.
- Are you going to eat those fries? - No, be my guest.
What's wrong with your hat?
Oh, this is the one they buried me in. They had to snip off the back
so I could lie flat.I'm sure they meant well, but they have no idea how embarrassing these things can be in the afterlife.
See, she really had no choice. She was living with the man who planned the robbery. It was a very desperate situation.
I'm sure the judge took that into account. That's his job. Your job was to bring her in.
I suspected it might have been your fault.
- What? - The hat thing. Is this the last image you have of me?
It was your funeral, Dad. I could hardly close my eyes.
I guess it can't be helped.
- These things taste like nothing. - Well, stop eating them all.
- I arrested your mother once. - You did not.
Honest to God. I gave her a speeding ticket.
You knew it was her car and you pulled her over anyway?
No. I was right there in the passenger seat.
- Get out! - She was doing 45 in a 30.
- Mum? - I kept telling her I was going to do it and every time I did she kept speeding up.
Made absolutely no sense!
Women. You ever been able to figure them out, son?
Well, actually, I'm asking you for advice, Dad.
In my 57 years of being alive and my 14 months of being dead I only learned one thing about women
and that's that I haven't learned one damn thing about women.
Have I been of some help, son?
Oh yeah, big help.
Good luck, son.
Anything else for you, sir?
No, thanks.
Do you want that to go?
Yeah, I think I'll just uh...
- Where is she? - What?
- The woman who was in this car.Where did she go? - Get your hands off me!
Did you not have a woman in this cab?
- Hi. - Hi.
It was you. I thought I saw you standing in the middle of the road.
- I wasn't sure if I was just seeing things... - No, that-that was me. I was, uh...
I was standing, in the middle of the road.
I never thought I'd see you again.
Neither did I. ...
Where were you, um...
Prison.
Going? Where were you going?
Oh, I-- Doesn't matter.
You still want this to go?
No.
Just a few days.
My sister died just after I got out.
I'm sorry.
After that, there wasn't much to keep me in Alaska.
So I thought I'd come to Chicago, finish up some old business.
And then I figured I'd go to Dallas,
or maybe Austin. Someplace warm,
get a fresh start.
Austin's a nice city.
You been there?
No.
Well, warm sounds good to me right now
I can understand that.
I'm glad I got a chance to see you before I pushed off.
You look great.
I better go.
Um, here.
No, I got it
Figure you owe me, huh?
Yeah.
Bye.
Victoria.
Yeah?
Can I see you again?
- When? - Now.
- You hungry? - Starving.
Hi,I'm sorry it took so long to find the cilantro.
You tracked it down, did you?
Well the second grocer said he'd never stocked it, although I did find traces of the leaf on the floor of the produce section. There was a boot imprint on one of them, so I--
And you found it?
Uh, unfortunately, no.
Mm. So what'd you get?
- Ice cream. - Mmm, great.
I found brown beans, a pork chop,
some spaghetti sauce, and pasta.
Uh, what are we making?
All of it.
- How much do I owe you? - No, you were right. I owe you.
What can I do?
- Can you stir? - It's one of my areas of abiding interest.
Sorry.
How about you set the table?
- Okay. - Yeah.
You wouldn't have any candles by any chance, would you?
Yeah.
In case of power disruption.
You're prepared for everything.
Not quite.
I never figured you for a television.
I borrowed it from my neighbor, Mr. Mustafi.
Why doesn't it have any sound?
It's broken.
I have to have it repaired before I return it.
You know, if it's a problem, I have other neighbors, we could probably...
It's okay.
You sure you don't want to go out...
Shh! This is my favorite movie. I've always wanted to be Eve Kendall.
But she sends Cary Grant to be killed.
She had no choice.
Aren't you cold?
No. Oh,
I'm sorry,pardon me.
Thanks.
Should I walk you to your door?
I think I can handle it from here.
I had a great time.
So did I.
Hey, mister! Mister! Take a look.
Twenty bucks for genuine Eskimo soapstone sculpture.
Actually this isn't soapstone.
It's not even stone. It's soap.
And you might be curious to discover that the Inuit are not indigenous to Taiwan.
Weren't they supposed to have crossed the Bering Strait?
Point taken. I'm afraid that all I have is, uh...
You're a gentleman.Thank you, sir.
Thank you kindly.
Did you think we could just pretend that it didn't happen?
How could you do it?
How could you do that to me, huh?
How could you do it?
No!
I'm sorry.
That's all right,I probably deserve it.
You do.
Hey Benny, you okay?
Morning, Ray.
Hey, the consulate said you didn't show up, so I figured you had to be pretty sick. Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
- So you're not sick? - No, I'm fine.
But you didn't go to work.
Must have slept in.
Oh. Are you in some kind of trouble?
No, no, no. No. No,
I just...
I have a friend visiting, and I, and...
Oh. What kind of friend?
A guy friend? A girl friend ?
You got a woman in there?
Yes.
Heh heh heh. Way to go, man! Way to go!
You got an actual woman. You.
Thanks for dropping by, Ray.
Wow. Way to go.
Got a woman in there.
Do you really have to go to work?
Yeah.
So I guess you need this.
Kind of.
Although, I do have something like 82 sick days coming to me.
I think you should go straight to bed.
Inuit boy saw the smoke. Took us a week to get up there.
- I appreciate your calling, Sergeant. - And we don't know what caused it, it could have been lightning.
I'm sending someone up there, see if there's anything we can salvage.
I don't think there's anything of value.
Your dad didn't keep any gunpowder in the place, did he,
something that might have caught a spark?
No, I don't think so.
I'll call if I find out anything.
Thank you kindly.
Your cabin burned down last week.
Mm. Well.
I don't use it much anymore.
I'm sorry. I know how you love the cabin
I wasn't using it much anymore.
Another well-wisher. No card.
Go. I'll cover for ya.
Thanks.
Better not ruin that radiator.
Nice space you have for this.
Just shut up and shoot pool.
What am I supposed to do with this?
All I can do is just drill the ball straight through the table.
You missed. You have to pull up a ball.
We've been shooting for 20 minutes we haven't sunk one!
Didn't I hear something about a pizza and a deli platter?
es sir, but I got caught a little short.
Caper sir?
I can't remember are we spots or stripes?
You sink anything, you win.
So where's the big red one?
I think he got himself a mystery woman.
You mean you haven't met her?
Yeah, yeah, I met her!
So what's she like?
She's, uh... Canadian.
Detective Gardino. Please.
Three's a crowd, huh, Dief?
What's tonight, Benny?
Well, actually it's Saturday morning, Ray, and...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Ah, don't worry about it. It was nothing special.
No, I'm sorry. I forgot.
I...I got caught up in some things, and uh...
I got your money.
Like this makes a difference?
I meant to be there, Ray.
So is she in there?
Yeah.
I'm sorry, do you wanna-do you wanna meet her?
Nah, don't do me any favors.
I wouldn't want to embarrass you, anyway.
Ray...Ray.
I take it that was Ray.
I'm sorry.
It's not your fault.
Don't go anywhere.
I'm sorry, Ray.
It's just that I-
I...I made a mistake once,
and I can't make it again.
You know, I think there are certain things you'd live to regret in your life.
Losing your friendship would be one of them,
and losing her...
Gunshot!.
Oh my God! All right, I got the car running. Come on, let's go!
- Where are you going? - Just let me go, please?
I want to know what happened.
- I'm sorry, okay? - I said I want to know what happened!
Jolly's out!
Come on.
He showed up at my sister's place about a month after I got out.
She lived in Skagway.
I got the hell out of there as fast as I could.
I don't know how he found me this time. If he followed me, I don't know.
I thought I saw him that first time that we were at your place.
Why didn't you tell me?
I've been seeing him every night for the last month.
You left for just a few minutes and I look up and, he was standing above me,
he grabbed me by the throat, I couldn't scream,I couldn't fight.
If it weren't for your wolf...
Is he dead?
No.
He's badly hurt.
I'm sorry.
I just got out the fire escape...
I don't know why he's doing this.
- What does he want from you? - I don't know.
- What aren't you telling me? - Nothing.
What aren't you telling me!
They never found the money we stole.
Over half a million dollars.
So when I got out, I went to find it.
And you had no intention of giving it back.
It wasn't there... I just assumed that Jolly got there first.
He thinks I did.
Did he tell anyone where he hid it?
Jolly's got a big mouth, but I don't think he's stupid enough to tell anyone.
- And you told no one. - I'm not exactly a trusting person.
People tend to let me down.
Not this time.
You can stay here until they get back.
After that we'll have to make other arrangements. This is my sister's room.
You sure this is okay?
Any friend of Fraser's is a friend of mine..
- So. You're Ray. - Yeah.
And you're Victoria.
So how did you two meet?
He arrested me.
Ah. He meets a lot of people that way.
Listen, you hurt him and I'll kill you.
This is my room across the hall. You hear anything, you bang on the door.
I don't think I'll need to do that.
If you hear anything, you see anything, you bang on my door, okay?
Nothing happens to you while you're under my roof.
If I'm not home, you call me at this number.
Thanks.
I appreciate what you're doing.
It's not you I do it for...
You made that real clear, but I do appreciate it.
I hope so.
Just two sets of prints, if you discount the, heh, paw marks.
Sorry.
Uh, how is the little guy?
We won't know for a while.
Is anything missing?
There doesn't appear to be.
We'd like to talk to your...lady friend.
I'll bring her in.
Good.
- Oh. You wanted this? - Thanks.
Chuckles ain't no clown, that's for sure.
Jolly?
Yeah, he's got quite a history.
Manslaughter, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon.
He killed a guard in that bank job with your girlfriend.
Hey, did she get a lighter sentence for testifying against him?
Yeah.
Hmm. Looks like he didn't trust her.
He escaped the same week she got released.
You were only gone a few minutes.
Must have been staking out the joint.
Yeah, this would do it.
Canadian.
Hi. Police officers. Have you noticed a guy who...
Hi, I'm Detective Vecchio and this is Benton Fra...
Hello, I wonder if you could...
Hey, how ya doing?
Excuse me, sir. We were wondering if you could help us.
Sure.
Have you seen a man loitering at that end of the hall in the last few days?
Just the private detective. I let him use my phone.
- 555-9732. - My mom.
- Seven times? - Yeah.
- 555-7333 - Don't know that one.
All right that's the one. Look it up.
Have you ever seen this guy?
No.
How about this guy?
No.
What about this guy?
Room 211.
Thanks.
- Why would he call his own hotel? - I don't know, probably checking his messages.
No known accomplices.
- No. Maybe he's got a girlfriend - Maybe.
Don't we need a warrant to go in there?
Not if there is imminent danger.
And what kind of imminent danger might that be, Ray?
Oh I don't know. Something like fire.
How are you doing?
Fine.
We'd like to ask you a couple of questions about your neighbor next door.
I just checked in.
Okay, have you noticed anything strange about him?
I've never seen him.
Any odd smells coming from his room?
Fire!! Fire!!
Really? Where?
Okay, whoever's in this room is in imminent danger!
So according to the law we can look around now?
- Yeah, just find something to stop this thing from burning! - I understand.
No, no, no, I mean it!! Ahh, hot, hot!
Ray.
- Where's the knife? - It's not here.
Canadian...
Oh my God.
- Hello? - Get out of the house!
- Wh-wh-what's going on? - He's got your address. Get out of the house and go someplace public.The zoo...
where I took you. I'll meet you there. OK.
Maybe 15 minutes ago.
Keep the change.
Jenny!
I thought you wanted to see me.
Don't tell me I thought wrong.
Just tell me where the money is, lover.
I told you, I don't know where the money is!
Did I mention I don't believe you?
You never told me where you hid it .
- Ed knew. - Ed's dead.
I'm thinking he told you.
I'm thinking maybe you told someone else?
Someone who could pick it up for you if things went bad.
And somehow things went very bad, didn't they?
How long would it take to get from your house to here?
Not this long.
Maybe she went to the wrong place.
I'll take from here to the lagoon.
Oh, I'm sorry I thought you were somebody else.
You know what, love? Money isn't everything...
I can always make more, right?
I'll settle for peace of mind.
Run!
I should have known it was you.
You think you know her?
You don't!
Come to your senses, have you?
A long time ago.
[To be continued...]